Curtain-fastener



(No Model.)

0'. B. WALTON.

CURTAIN FASTENER.

No. 443,127. Patented Dec. 23, 1899.

' l vwmows UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. IVALTON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CURTAlN-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,127, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed October 3,1890. Serial No. 366,979 (No model.)

To'all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. WALTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain-fasteners, the features of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The fastener is designed for use on carriagecurtains, and the object is to fasten or look the curtain securely to the knob. I accomplish the object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a vertical section of the device as attached to a carriage-curtain. Fig. II is a front view of the device omitting the knob. Fig. III is a like view showing the knob.

Like numerals designatelike parts throughout the several views.

At the numeral 1 is represented a section of a carriage-curtain, within which is punched a round hole. \Vithin this hole is secured the ordinary metallic eye comprising the plate 3, having a hollow projection to the rear, which enters an orifice of the plate 2, and against which the edges of said projection are pressed to complete the fastening of the eye to the curtain. The circular plate 4 has a similar projection, and the edges of this are turned outward, so that the same is held within the orifice of the eye in such manner that it can freely turn therein. In the hollow center of plate 4 is formed the projection 5, and the projections 6 6 are formed in the front of the plate, and said projections are used for turning said plate.

The knob '7 is like the usual form of curtainknob, with the exception that the notch 8 is cut in its head. It is attached, as usual, to the carriage top and seat. To pass the eye over the knob, the projection of the plate and the notch must be in line. Then by turning said plate the curtain is securely locked to the knob, and therefore to release the curtain the plate must be turned to the former position.

Having fully described myinvention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a curtain-fastening, the plate 4:, with an inner projection on its hollow center, the knob 7, with a notch in its circular head, in combination with the metallic eye comprising plates 2 and 3, Within which said plate revolves, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. \VAL'lON.

Witnesses;

B. PIOKERING, CHARLES W. DALE. 

